I’m 15 and want to learn Latin. I’m writing a book and a character speaks Latin a lot for lore reasons and I don’t trust Google Translate. I do have Duolingo but I used it for German a while back and it didn’t work well it got boring and didn’t teach me anything important. I do want to learn Latin however because a lot of languages originate from it so I was wondering if there was any good apps or something like that.
I understand there are a lot of beginners here? So, I made a dictionary of 500 roots specifically for those learning Esperanto and needing roots for their vocabulary. I've compiled a huge list. I'd be grateful for a good reputation/rating. I worked on it for about 2 months and put a lot of effort into speaking Esperanto and writing down common words in everyday life
Thank you! 🙏 And btw, everything is in English, and the document itself is easy to translate and read at any time. I wish you luck and successful language learning if you are a beginner
And please don't say that there are websites or platforms with existing words. The roots here are primarily for beginners to review or learn the basics of everyday Esperanto. This is a basic list, not the entire language. Then you can learn words through services, etc btw?
I personally taught myself grammar and then words, and that's why I want to help future Esperantists! I really hope for a good community and to get a good rating
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You can read or download here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1TRIJmZN6JX31HZlY0nKLR1vZjLloRBLm/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=104647870209840124077&rtpof=true&sd=true
Leginte la fadenon de Responsible-Low-5348 ("A question for Esperantists") mi meditis iomete pri la jena plendo de u/Vanege.
>Complaining that Esperanto is too Eurocentric to be an IAL while using English (so worse than Eurocentric) in an international forum is the weirdest and most hypocrital thing to do.
Kaj pri la sarkasma respondo la aŭtoro de la fadeno:
>Oh sorry my native language is English. My bad. I’ll go back and change it real quick.
Estas klare, ke oni ne povas ŝanĝi la denaskan lingvon, sed certe eblas ŝanĝi la nunan konduton. "Doing something about it" ja eblas. Mia propono en la fadeno (parte responde al la komento de Vanege) estis "lernu kaj uzu Esperanton." [/Eo]
[Interlingua] Io nunquam voleva apprender Interlingua. Io ha apprendite lo presque contra mi volo. Como io ha apprendite lo? In un foro como iste subreddit, le Interlinguanos ha scripte in Interlingua, mesmo si le altere persona non lo ha requestate. Por comunicar con le Interlinguanos, io debeva leger lor lingua.
Esque io ha comprendite toto? No, sed illes adjutava me in iste modo. Illes ha includite notas in le texto ipse in iste modo: "Quando [kiam] vos non comprende, vole ben dicer lo".
Esque le Globasanos non pote facer alique similar?
Tradukita el la originalo en Interlingue, kiu poste estis tradukita al Interlingvao, ĝi nun aperas en la lingvo de Zamenhof.
Pretty self-explanatory. For me something around 600 words sounds like the minimum to include "universal" words like coffe or golf and have a reasonable vocabulary to talk
Do you actually support Esperanto as an IAL?
If yes, why?
Is it’s Eurocentrism a positive?
I feel arguing for Eurocentrism is honestly very odd, but I’ll hear what you have to say.
Today I was interested in the idea of how languages like Lidepla, Globasa, Esperanto, Toki Pona and others acquire native speakers.Because it's very interesting because few people want to waste their time, but with, for example, Esperanto won't help you travel much, but it's still being taught. I don't condemn Esperanto. I'm just interested in how artificial languages get native speakers. So, anyone who knows, please tell me.I would be glad to hear your help.
I’m currently making a YouTube video about the history of IALs. History, past or current debates, the diverse opinions of people in the IAL community, and more will be included in the video.
I want to conduct interviews of people in the community, creators of Auxlangs, and supporters for certain Auxlangs.
If you wanna help with the video in any way, here is my discord where you may contact me:
kolicant17
Hala modj ena! I wanted to share Limingo, an artificial language I’ve been working on.
I am Korean high school student; so, the grammar might be affected by my language; Korean.
It is designed as an international auxiliary language (Auxlang) for knowledge sharing, daily conversation. My goal was to create a simpler alternative to Esperanto.
While the language permits a broader, natural phonetic inventory for vocabulary roots to keep them recognizable, it enforces a strict minimalist constraint on its morphology:
2-a The Grammatical Core: Only open syllable contained with
are allowed to appear in grammatical affixes and inflections.
2-b. Grammar & Free Word Order
2-c. Grammar Fuctional Particle
Most parts of speech are determined by vowels
these 5 vowels are symbolic, but 4 Final cons. can be attached to the very end of the word.
Exception: monosyllabic word is just a grammatical vocabulary (not following) the five-vowel rule.
I tend to include vocabulary from Latin, English, native Korean words, etc.
Kana / tos mogo / modi / al mandua / nu /
tos goro / otu palu.
= I / ate / all / mandus / and / walked / very fast.
Why not take Proto Indo European roots for an auxlang and apply sound changes like
bh dh GH -> b d g
The Centum change (k’ g’)-> /k g/ plus satem mergers
Use vowel coloring in place of laryngeals
Adding /o/ for athematic nouns e.g h3rēg’s -> regos
E.g ph2tēr -> pater , wlkwos -> walkos (wolf), bhardeh2 -> barda (beard), Hnomn-> noman
Resulting phonology: /p b t d k g s w l r j m n a e i o u/
Honestly would this be more fair for non-European IE languages than Esperanto?
Plus a fairly small inventory
it has spread to almost all writing system, including those that do not use the Latin script; what is the situation in your favorite language ?
Please note that everything listed is my personal opinion, which may not coincide with yours or be similar.
As a language creator I am very interested in artificial languages I have noticed one small problem with artificial languages there is no reason to learn So, let's say I learn some arbitrary language, what then? Let's compare it to Esperanto, for example.
Esperanto: It has literature, history, support.
But you know, the problem isn't in the support or the history, the problem is that there's no literature, you can't improve it in any way because if I learn Esperanto, then I'll read something and I'll understand, yeah, I don't understand this. I can learn it, but this is a problem with many artificial languages, namely, the absence of something, at least something, but this is a problem with many artificial languages.
By the word literature I don't mean a complex thick book. I mean at least songs, poems, or at least something. You can suggest your own version.
It seems to me that only a few conlangs overcome this limit.
Estoy tratando de crear un auxlang global, me ayudaría muchisimo sus recomendaciones y sugerencias en el camino de esta creación.
No soy muy bueno para explicar la fonología ni sintaxis, aparte, este proyecto esta en una fase bastante temprana, literalmente la cree hoy 10/8/2026
Tambien me base de esta pagina para hacer esto: https://www.joerg-rhiemeier.de/Conlang/auxlang-design.html#requirements
Los fonemas son los siguientes:
Vocales: /a e i o u ə/
Consonantes /b p t k j h g f d s w v n m ɺ t͡ʃ ʃ/
La ɺ representa una l liquida, cualquier alófono de l y r serán tomados como iguales sin distinción alguna. Es decir
Lara es lo mismo que Lala, al igual que Rala, Rara, si esta escrito con ɾ o ɹ es mas de lo mismo
Esto es todo lo que quería presentar, los leere y tratare de resolver cada duda que tengan acerca de mi inventario.
A Globasa spelling system for noisy environments
> Harufiya-sistema cel Globasa in sotiday hwanjin
When you want to explain how to write an unknown name, a word, or a code, you often need to spell it out (to say the letters one after another).
> Denwatu hu yu vole na xomin ku kemaner na eskri nenkonedo name, lexi or kodi, yu pimpan haja na harufi to (na loga un harufi xafe un alo to).
Each letter of Globasa has an official name that can be used for spelling. See the table below. There is also a short variant.
> Moyun harufi de Globasa hare resmi name hu yu abil na yongu da cel na harufi. Am oko tabel fe infer. Pia hay kurto aloopsyon.
| letter · harufi | letter name · name de harufi | short letter name · kurto name de harufi |
|---|---|---|
| a | aya | a |
| b | ibe | be |
| c | ice | ce |
| d | ide | de |
| e | eya | e |
| f | ife | fe |
| g | ige | ge |
| h | ihe | he |
| i | iya | i |
| j | ije | je |
| k | ike | ke |
| l | ile | le |
| m | ime | me |
| n | ine | ne |
| o | oya | o |
| p | ipe | pe |
| r | ire | re |
| s | ise | se |
| t | ite | te |
| u | uya | u |
| v | ive | ve |
| w | iwe | we |
| x | ixe | xe |
| y | iye | ye |
| z | ize | ze |
However, these names are easily confused: if you accidentally type "ife" instead of "ige", or if several people are speaking at the same time, or if the sound quality is poor.
> Mas, den name asan bekonhwoku: eger yu maltaypu "ife" fe tayti fe "ige", or eger plu person loga samawatu, or eger soti-kwalita sen bur.
When errors are dangerous, a better list of names can be used. These names have more internal redundancy, which means the word (and therefore the letter) can still be recognized correctly even if part of it is misheard.
> Denwatu hu malxey hatari, maxmo bon lista fe name ger beyongu. Name hare max inli ricu, hu da mena ki lexi (ji fe folo harufi) haji sen rukoneible hata eger bage de to bemalore.
I built such a list using these criteria:
> Mi le krea denpul lista yon plu xarti:
1. The word must start with the letter it is trying to communicate.
> Lexi am xoru yon harufi hu da musi na bekomunika.
2. It must have a length of two syllables (the fixed length helps the listener to notice the start of a new letter. Two syllables is ideal for enough internal redundancy without making the list impractical).
> To musi hare lungoje fe dua leximon (kostante lungoje sahay oreyen na xorjui xoru de neo harufi. Dua leximon sen ideal cel kufi inli ricu wal na fale lista posasan na yongu).
3. Ideally, the second syllable starts with the same letter.
> Ideal, duayum leximon xoru yon sama harufi.
4. Ideally, the two syllables are not identical (if the first syllable is misunderstood for some acoustic reason, the second syllable will maybe avoid the problem).
> Ideal, den dua leximon no sen sama (eger unyum leximon bemalaham kos sotili seba, duayum leximon xa ible jularesta problema).
5. The stress must be placed on the first syllable, or on the second syllable if it starts with the correct letter (the stress must fall on the letter you are trying to communicate).
> Enfasis fe unyum leximon, or fe duayum leximon eger to xoru yon sahi harufi (enfasis musi na sen fe harufi hu am bekomunika).
6. The word must not form a minimal pair with any other word in the list.
> Lexi musi na no hare minimum duaxey ton alo lexi in lista.
7. There should be a minimal amount of minimal pairs with words that are not in the list (not everyone knows the list, and not everyone will use the same words), so "magma" is better than "mama".
> Kwanti fe minimum duaxey ton he ban lexi ex lista musi na sen minimum (no moyte kone den lista, ji no moyte xa yongu sama lexi), fe folo, "magma" sen maxmo bon kom "mama".
8. The word must not be a number, because codes and addresses often contain letters and numbers together.
> Lexi musi na no sen numer, koski kodi ji adresu pimpan inhare mharufi ji numer tongo.
Here is the list:
> Prehay den lista:
| letter · harufi | clear letter name · mingu name de harufi | meaning in English · mena in Englisa |
|---|---|---|
| a | ayna | a mirror |
| b | Bibli (1) | the Bible |
| c | conce | a beak |
| d | dadal | to reach |
| e | Eyre | Ireland |
| f | fefu | a lung |
| g | gungu | a bow |
| h | he hin | (focus) this specific |
| i | idi | to go |
| j | jinji | direct |
| k | kliku | to click |
| l | lala (2) | a song |
| m | magma | magma |
| n | nunya | the present |
| o | osto | a bone |
| p | paper | paper |
| r | resmi (3) | official |
| s | sayso | to guess |
| t | tutum | a heart |
| u | urdu | the Urdu language |
| v | valvu | a valve |
| w | wenwen (2) | a buzz |
| x | xamxir | a sword |
| y | yamyen | an eater |
| z | zizi (2) | a cousin (informal) |
(1) The alternative "bebe" is too similar to "pepe", so people who don't know the word for "p" might think you try to spell "p".
> Aloopsyon "bebe" godomo sim "pepe", fe folo ren hu da no kone seletido lexi cel "p" ger fikir ki ren xidu na harufi "p".
(2) Two identical syllables, but I could not find anything better.
> Dua sama leximon, mas mi le no sukses na ewreka maxmo bon lexi.
(3) No repetition of "r", but I could not find anything better without a minimal pair.
> No hay ricu fe "r", mas mi le no sukses na ewreka maxmo bon lexi wal minimum duaxey.
I think the list can be very useful, and I will try to memorize it. I encourage you to do the same. Feel free to change a few words if you find better ones. We don't need to use the exact same list. In the end, the only goal is to be understood.
> Mi fikir ki lista abil na daysahay, ji mi xa xidu na inmemorigi to. Mi yunkigi yu na fale samato. Am no taradudu na alogi bannumer lexi eger yu ewreka maxmo bon banto. Imi no musi na yongu precisomo sama lista. Fe fini, solunpul cele sen na beaham.
This page may help you find better words: menalari.globasa.net — abeceli-menalari
> Hin sayfa ger sahay yu na ewreka maxmo bon lexi.
Please don't hesitate to comment with suggestions.
> Am no taradudu na komenta yon jeni.
